Output: Newsletter 53, February 27th 2012

Editor's note [spacer line]

[Morwenna Kearns, editor]
We at Output have always been champions of education and training, and of recognising the value of young people to the graphic arts industry, at so I was especially pleased to see that the Print Futures Awards is back for another year. It's a great scheme that does more than presents people with trophies; it hands over hard cash to help 16 to 30-year-olds continue their careers within the print sector. Looking around trade show floors in recent years, it seems that there are more under-30s in the industry than before, but there's still room for more. Laurel Brunner also writes on education in her feature for our Production Print stream, proving that there are more training opportunities than you might think. As always, we'd be delighted to hear your stories of training and apprenticeships, so get in touch.
Morwenna Kearns, editor
@morwennakearns
morwenna@outputmagazine.com

Sign-making

[Sign and Digital UK Awards] Finalists announced for Sign and Digital UK Awards
Top Story The shortlisted entries for the Sign and Digital UK Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed on March 28th.

Vista System acquires Australia-based GreenSquare

Signs Express supports Exeter City with nostalgic displays

Wide-format Print

[alternative inks] Turning down the heat: alternative inks
FEATURE Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at latex ink technologies and alternatives likely to come on-stream.

World's largest atlas printed on KBA presses

Adventure-packed FESPA Wrap Rally II arrives in Barcelona

Ai Weiwei exhibition features Sihl wallpaper

'Milestone' Fujifilm Acuity LED 1600 launched at FESPA Digital

Talk Print!, powered by HP

If you're yet to Talk Print! with us, now's the time to catch up. You can read blogs on subjects ranging from How can latex printers help designers? to What's the easiest way to improve file processing? and What are the pros and cons of franchising?

Have a look on the Talk Print! stream on Output for lots more, and don't forget to give your opinion.

Production Print

[education in print] Education in print: a lifetime of opportunities
Feature If there is a single topic that most people can get worked up about, it is the lack of options for training and education in their sector. Laurel Brunner discovers the print industry offers more than you may think.

Young people invited to enter Print Futures Awards

Second HP Indigo 5500 for J Thomson Colour Printers

Newad hopes to warm hearts of Canadians with dryer ads

Digital Signage

Output has launched a dedicated digital signage newsletter where you can have our latest news, features, blogs, product profiles and videos sent directly to your inbox every week, simply by signing up on the Output homepage – it'll only take a moment. Here are our favourite digital signage titbits to whet your appetite.

[Digital Signgae expos] A modern window on the world: digital signage events
Feature Morwenna Kearns looks ahead to DSE and beyond in her round-up of the year's digital signage events.

News The bus stop ad that knows you're a woman

News Philips to go mobile with signage lorry

On the calendar

Do you want to have Output's comprehensive, always up-to-date calendar of industry events directly on your own electronic calendar or smartphone? Now you can.

Right-click on the link below and 'copy link address'. You can then paste this link into Outlook, Google Calendar and other popular calendar programmes so you can plan your diary, without having to do the hard work of putting it all together.

Industry events: XML calendar by Output

You can read our full list of industry events on Output, but here's what's coming up shortly:

HP's Latex Applications Tour: February 27th – 29th 2012; March 1st 2012; March 5th – 6th 2012; March 7th – 8th and March 16th 2012; March 9th – 15th 2012; March 19th – 23rd 2012
DPI presents SureColor SC 30600: February 28th 2012
Print Innovations, Packtech, Ecopack, Packaging Innovations, Contractpack: February 29th – March 1st 2012
Graphics of the Americas: March 1st – 3rd 2012
Digital Signage Expo: March 6th – 9th 2012
Spandex Technology Day: March 7th
Excel Tours with Ipex: March 22nd, April 19th 2012
Sign and Digital UK: March 27th – 29th 2012
drupa: May 3rd – 16th 2012
The NBM Show: May 10th – 12th 2012; June 21st – 23rd; August 16th – 18th 2012; September 20th – 22nd 2012

FESPA Digital

FESPA Digital closed its doors on Friday after four days of educational sessions, product launches and, no doubt, rather a lot of Spanish food and wine. Mimaki unveiled a number of exciting new machines including kit featuring its new latex ink, while the debut of the Fujifilm Acuity LED 1600 attracted its fair share of attention and HP's Designjet L28500 and L26500 were highlights too. You can catch up with the news on our dedicated FESPA Digital 2012 tags page, and keep an eye on Output for the latest stats and reviews of the show.

Video of the Week

Indigo fun

We all get excited for the show season and for drupa in particular. But some industry enthusiasts take their excitement to the next level. Recently, we found this self-published YouTube video of a geek (we say it in the most loving way possible) father and son duo rocking out to the drupa song 2012 and making an HP Indigo printer out of Lego.

Here at Output we love seeing this kind of excitement, niche playfulness, internet-age wit and, let's face it, cuteness enlivening the industry.

Make sure to get in touch with your own home-made and professional industry-related videos and you might just find yourself the star of your own Output Video of the Week instalment.

Output's YouTube channel has lots more past Videos of the Week plus our own productions – take a look now.

The Output team
Danielle Arthur Media sales executive @Danielle_Arthur danielle@outputmagazine.com	Laurel Brunner Consultant (production print) @laurelbrunner lb@digitaldots.org	Geny Caloisi Consultant (digital signage) @Geny_Caloisi geny@outputmagazine.com
Mark Galliano-Doig Finance director mark@outputmagazine.com	Morwenna Kearns Managing editor @morwennakearns morwenna@outputmagazine.com	James Matthews-Paul Publisher @signanddisplay james@outputmagazine.com
Sophie Matthews-Paul Consultant (wide-format print) @rockstro sophie@rockstro.net	Nick Smith Editorial assistant @digitaldsnthurt nick@outputmagazine.com

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